| New Living Translation | English Standard Version |
| 1And the LORD said to Moses, | 1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
| 2“The following instructions are for those seeking ceremonial purification from a skin disease. Those who have been healed must be brought to the priest, | 2“This shall be the law of the leprous person for the day of his cleansing. He shall be brought to the priest, |
| 3who will examine them at a place outside the camp. If the priest finds that someone has been healed of a serious skin disease, | 3and the priest shall go out of the camp, and the priest shall look. Then, if the case of leprous disease is healed in the leprous person, |
| 4he will perform a purification ceremony, using two live birds that are ceremonially clean, a stick of cedar, some scarlet yarn, and a hyssop branch. | 4the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two live clean birds and cedarwood and scarlet yarn and hyssop. |
| 5The priest will order that one bird be slaughtered over a clay pot filled with fresh water. | 5And the priest shall command them to kill one of the birds in an earthenware vessel over fresh water. |
| 6He will take the live bird, the cedar stick, the scarlet yarn, and the hyssop branch, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water. | 6He shall take the live bird with the cedarwood and the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, and dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water. |
| 7The priest will then sprinkle the blood of the dead bird seven times on the person being purified of the skin disease. When the priest has purified the person, he will release the live bird in the open field to fly away. | 7And he shall sprinkle it seven times on him who is to be cleansed of the leprous disease. Then he shall pronounce him clean and shall let the living bird go into the open field. |
| 8“The persons being purified must then wash their clothes, shave off all their hair, and bathe themselves in water. Then they will be ceremonially clean and may return to the camp. However, they must remain outside their tents for seven days. | 8And he who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes and shave off all his hair and bathe himself in water, and he shall be clean. And after that he may come into the camp, but live outside his tent seven days. |
| 9On the seventh day they must again shave all the hair from their heads, including the hair of the beard and eyebrows. They must also wash their clothes and bathe themselves in water. Then they will be ceremonially clean. | 9And on the seventh day he shall shave off all his hair from his head, his beard, and his eyebrows. He shall shave off all his hair, and then he shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and he shall be clean. |
| 10“On the eighth day each person being purified must bring two male lambs and a one-year-old female lamb, all with no defects, along with a grain offering of six quarts of choice flour moistened with olive oil, and a cup of olive oil. | 10“And on the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish, and a grain offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, and one log of oil. |
| 11Then the officiating priest will present that person for purification, along with the offerings, before the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle. | 11And the priest who cleanses him shall set the man who is to be cleansed and these things before the LORD, at the entrance of the tent of meeting. |
| 12The priest will take one of the male lambs and the olive oil and present them as a guilt offering, lifting them up as a special offering before the LORD. | 12And the priest shall take one of the male lambs and offer it for a guilt offering, along with the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD. |
| 13He will then slaughter the male lamb in the sacred area where sin offerings and burnt offerings are slaughtered. As with the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest. It is a most holy offering. | 13And he shall kill the lamb in the place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the place of the sanctuary. For the guilt offering, like the sin offering, belongs to the priest; it is most holy. |
| 14The priest will then take some of the blood of the guilt offering and apply it to the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified. | 14The priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. |
| 15“Then the priest will pour some of the olive oil into the palm of his own left hand. | 15Then the priest shall take some of the log of oil and pour it into the palm of his own left hand |
| 16He will dip his right finger into the oil in his palm and sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the LORD. | 16and dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand and sprinkle some oil with his finger seven times before the LORD. |
| 17The priest will then apply some of the oil in his palm over the blood from the guilt offering that is on the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified. | 17And some of the oil that remains in his hand the priest shall put on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, on top of the blood of the guilt offering. |
| 18The priest will apply the oil remaining in his hand to the head of the person being purified. Through this process, the priest will purify the person before the LORD. | 18And the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed. Then the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD. |
| 19“Then the priest must present the sin offering to purify the person who was cured of the skin disease. After that, the priest will slaughter the burnt offering | 19The priest shall offer the sin offering, to make atonement for him who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness. And afterward he shall kill the burnt offering. |
| 20and offer it on the altar along with the grain offering. Through this process, the priest will purify the person who was healed, and the person will be ceremonially clean. | 20And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean. |
| 21“But anyone who is too poor and cannot afford these offerings may bring one male lamb for a guilt offering, to be lifted up as a special offering for purification. The person must also bring two quarts of choice flour moistened with olive oil for the grain offering and a cup of olive oil. | 21“But if he is poor and cannot afford so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a guilt offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil; |
| 22The offering must also include two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever the person can afford. One of the pair must be used for the sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. | 22also two turtledoves or two pigeons, whichever he can afford. The one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. |
| 23On the eighth day of the purification ceremony, the person being purified must bring the offerings to the priest in the LORD’s presence at the entrance of the Tabernacle. | 23And on the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting, before the LORD. |
| 24The priest will take the lamb for the guilt offering, along with the olive oil, and lift them up as a special offering to the LORD. | 24And the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD. |
| 25Then the priest will slaughter the lamb for the guilt offering. He will take some of its blood and apply it to the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified. | 25And he shall kill the lamb of the guilt offering. And the priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. |
| 26“The priest will also pour some of the olive oil into the palm of his own left hand. | 26And the priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand, |
| 27He will dip his right finger into the oil in his palm and sprinkle some of it seven times before the LORD. | 27and shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD. |
| 28The priest will then apply some of the oil in his palm over the blood from the guilt offering that is on the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified. | 28And the priest shall put some of the oil that is in his hand on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, in the place where the blood of the guilt offering was put. |
| 29The priest will apply the oil remaining in his hand to the head of the person being purified. Through this process, the priest will purify the person before the LORD. | 29And the rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD. |
| 30“Then the priest will offer the two turtledoves or the two young pigeons, whichever the person can afford. | 30And he shall offer, of the turtledoves or pigeons, whichever he can afford, |
| 31One of them is for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, to be presented along with the grain offering. Through this process, the priest will purify the person before the LORD. | 31one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, along with a grain offering. And the priest shall make atonement before the LORD for him who is being cleansed. |
| 32These are the instructions for purification for those who have recovered from a serious skin disease but who cannot afford to bring the offerings normally required for the ceremony of purification.” Treatment of Contaminated Houses | 32This is the law for him in whom is a case of leprous disease, who cannot afford the offerings for his cleansing.” |
| 33Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, | 33The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, |
| 34“When you arrive in Canaan, the land I am giving you as your own possession, I may contaminate some of the houses in your land with mildew. | 34“When you come into the land of Canaan, which I give you for a possession, and I put a case of leprous disease in a house in the land of your possession, |
| 35The owner of such a house must then go to the priest and say, ‘It appears that my house has some kind of mildew.’ | 35then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, ‘There seems to me to be some case of disease in my house.’ |
| 36Before the priest goes in to inspect the house, he must have the house emptied so nothing inside will be pronounced ceremonially unclean. | 36Then the priest shall command that they empty the house before the priest goes to examine the disease, lest all that is in the house be declared unclean. And afterward the priest shall go in to see the house. |
| 37Then the priest will go in and examine the mildew on the walls. If he finds greenish or reddish streaks and the contamination appears to go deeper than the wall’s surface, | 37And he shall examine the disease. And if the disease is in the walls of the house with greenish or reddish spots, and if it appears to be deeper than the surface, |
| 38the priest will step outside the door and put the house in quarantine for seven days. | 38then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house and shut up the house seven days. |
| 39On the seventh day the priest must return for another inspection. If he finds that the mildew on the walls of the house has spread, | 39And the priest shall come again on the seventh day, and look. If the disease has spread in the walls of the house, |
| 40the priest must order that the stones from those areas be removed. The contaminated material will then be taken outside the town to an area designated as ceremonially unclean. | 40then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which is the disease and throw them into an unclean place outside the city. |
| 41Next the inside walls of the entire house must be scraped thoroughly and the scrapings dumped in the unclean place outside the town. | 41And he shall have the inside of the house scraped all around, and the plaster that they scrape off they shall pour out in an unclean place outside the city. |
| 42Other stones will be brought in to replace the ones that were removed, and the walls will be replastered. | 42Then they shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones, and he shall take other plaster and plaster the house. |
| 43“But if the mildew reappears after all the stones have been replaced and the house has been scraped and replastered, | 43“If the disease breaks out again in the house, after he has taken out the stones and scraped the house and plastered it, |
| 44the priest must return and inspect the house again. If he finds that the mildew has spread, the walls are clearly contaminated with a serious mildew, and the house is defiled. | 44then the priest shall go and look. And if the disease has spread in the house, it is a persistent leprous disease in the house; it is unclean. |
| 45It must be torn down, and all its stones, timbers, and plaster must be carried out of town to the place designated as ceremonially unclean. | 45And he shall break down the house, its stones and timber and all the plaster of the house, and he shall carry them out of the city to an unclean place. |
| 46Those who enter the house during the period of quarantine will be ceremonially unclean until evening, | 46Moreover, whoever enters the house while it is shut up shall be unclean until the evening, |
| 47and all who sleep or eat in the house must wash their clothing. | 47and whoever sleeps in the house shall wash his clothes, and whoever eats in the house shall wash his clothes. |
| 48“But if the priest returns for his inspection and finds that the mildew has not reappeared in the house after the fresh plastering, he will pronounce it clean because the mildew is clearly gone. | 48“But if the priest comes and looks, and if the disease has not spread in the house after the house was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, for the disease is healed. |
| 49To purify the house the priest must take two birds, a stick of cedar, some scarlet yarn, and a hyssop branch. | 49And for the cleansing of the house he shall take two small birds, with cedarwood and scarlet yarn and hyssop, |
| 50He will slaughter one of the birds over a clay pot filled with fresh water. | 50and shall kill one of the birds in an earthenware vessel over fresh water |
| 51He will take the cedar stick, the hyssop branch, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, and dip them into the blood of the slaughtered bird and into the fresh water. Then he will sprinkle the house seven times. | 51and shall take the cedarwood and the hyssop and the scarlet yarn, along with the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the bird that was killed and in the fresh water and sprinkle the house seven times. |
| 52When the priest has purified the house in exactly this way, | 52Thus he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the fresh water and with the live bird and with the cedarwood and hyssop and scarlet yarn. |
| 53he will release the live bird in the open fields outside the town. Through this process, the priest will purify the house, and it will be ceremonially clean. | 53And he shall let the live bird go out of the city into the open country. So he shall make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean.” |
| 54“These are the instructions for dealing with serious skin diseases, including scabby sores; | 54This is the law for any case of leprous disease: for an itch, |
| 55and mildew, whether on clothing or in a house; | 55for leprous disease in a garment or in a house, |
| 56and a swelling on the skin, a rash, or discolored skin. | 56and for a swelling or an eruption or a spot, |
| 57This procedure will determine whether a person or object is ceremonially clean or unclean. “These are the instructions regarding skin diseases and mildew.” | 57to show when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law for leprous disease. |
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